Ambergris: Lust, sex Anemone - health, protection, healing
Angelica: Protection, exorcism, remove curses and hexes, healing, visions, wards off negativity when sprinkled around the house, increases life energy bringing warmth of Fire element, wards off negativity when sprinkled around the house
Anise: Divination, psychic awareness, joy, dreams, luck, love, enthusiasm, Winter Solstice, entices the spirits to aid in spells
Apple: Love, healing, garden blessing, buried in the garden on Samhain as food for the departing spirits, to be shared with one you love, immortality, happiness, luck, broken heart, spirit food, the goddess
Betony: Love, healing, burn at Litha for purification, protection; place under pillow to be rid of nightmares; sprinkle around doors to ward off despair, psychic awareness
Burdock: Protection, healing, wards off negativity, purifies, protects (washing floors or dried root on red string around the neck), happy home, clears space & holds the space safe, spirit of north
Comfrey: (TOXIC) Money, root or leaves for healing, carry for safe travel, protection, stress management, safe Journeys (Worldly or through Meditation) , Winter Solstice
Copal: Love, purification, exorcism, protection, spirituality, earth element, sets sacred space, allows guides and guidance to come
Dill: Love, lust, seeds draw money, leaves for protection, flowers for love
Dittany of Crete: Manifestations, astral projection
Dock: Money, healing, fertility
Dodder: Love divination, knot magic
Dogbane: Love
Dogwood: Protection, wishes
Dong Quai, Slices: Health, vitality, fire element rituals
Dragons Blood: Power, protection, exorcism, potency, love, courage, fortune, catalyst, magick power, strength, purification, stimulates action of other herbs in incense blend, stimulates movement of energy
Dulse: Harmony, lust
Dutchman's Breeches: Love
E
Ebony: Protection, power
Echinacea: Strengthening spells, health, strength, wards off negativity or undesirable energies
Edelweiss: Invisibility, bullet-proofing
Elder: (CAUTION: SEEDS ARE POISONOUS, TOXIC) Money, wishes, theft protection, exorcism, healing, prosperity, sleep, wards negative thoughts when used as wind chimes, blessings, do not burn the wood of elder for it is sacred to Hecate, see fairies in the trees at Litha, flowers used as an alter offering, berries for esbat wine, flowers added to candle spells directed at hecate during the new moon, cleansing, offering
Foxglove: (CAUTION: POISONOUS, TOXIC) Faeries and elves, lust, grow in garden for protection of the house and yard
Fragrant Bedstraw: Love
Frankincense: Exorcism, purification, protection, spirituality, power, meditation, blessing, concentration, banishing, courage, divination, healing, love, purification, consecration, sets sacred space, sets safe space for guides to come in, spirit of east or north
Fumitory: Money, exorcism
Furz/egorse: Burn at Ostara for protection and as a preparation for any conflict
Ginger: Love, money, success, power, aphrodisiac, psychic ability, apathy, lust, good health, magickal power, fire element rituals, brings into existence, bringer of the manifestation, 3rd chakra vitality, inner strength, stimulates flow of energy, spirit of south
Ginseng: Longevity, sexual potency, protection, healing, love, lust, wishes, beauty, vitality, fertility, desire, encourages a long lasting affect, strength
Goat's Rue: Healing, health
Goldenrod: Prosperity, money, divination, luck
Goldenseal: Money, healing
Gorse: Protection, money
Gotu Kola: Meditation
Gourd: Protection
Grain: Protection
Grains of Paradise: Love, lust, luck, money, wishes
Hawthorne Berries: 4th chakra strength and vitality, love, contentment
Hazel: Luck, fertility, protection, wishes, nuts strung on cord in house or ritual room to invite the help of plant fairies, used for wands, healing, anti-lightning, love, aphrodisiac, wisdom, divination, mental powers, intelligence, inspiration
Heather: Luck, protection, red to start or end an affair, white for protection, purple for spiritual development, use at samhain to invite spirits to visit, rain making, spirituality
Hops: Healing, sleep, stress management, opens the channel in and out of the body in relationship with the universe
Horehound: Exorcism, healing, purification, protection, mental clarity, balance, banishing, opens air element within body & in the world, opens channel for clear communication
Juniper: Protection, love, exorcism, health, anti-theft, banishing, peace, wishes, aphrodisiacs, sets sacred space, spirit of north
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Kava Kava: Lust, protection while traveling, astral projection, visions, luck, visions, protection, love, opens one to receiving guidance and guides
Kelp: Wind spells, psychic powers, protection, connection to divine source through the physical and spiritual, unity, life-force strengthening, spirit of center
Knotweed: Health, binding spells, protection
L
Lady's Mantle: Love, self control
Lady's Slipper: Protection
Larch: Protection, anti-theft
Larkspur: Protection, health
Lavender: Protection, call in good spirits, love, sleep, longevity, happiness, peace, healing, burn for purification, peace, use in bath for purification, burn at Litha as an offering, psychic awareness, chastity, liberation, menopause, childbirth, grief or loss, youthful vigor, stress management, travel, anger management, attracts elves
Magnolia: Fidelity, past lives, peace, sex, broken heart, beauty, wisdom
Mahogany, Mountain: Anti-lightning
Maidenhair: Beauty, love
Male Fern: Luck, love
Mallow: Love, protection, exorcism
Mandrake: (TOXIC) potency, exorcism, protection, fertility, money, love, health, protection, catalyst, prosperity, divination, increase psychic powers, aphrodisiacs, cursing enemies, building, banishing, protection in the subconscious, unconscious and underworld,
Maple: Money, longevity, love
Marigold: Prophetic dreams, protection, legal matters, marriage spells, enhanced psychic powers, pick in full sun, business and legal matters, clairvoyant dreams, mixed with water and rubbed on the eyelids to see fairies
Motherwort: Balances within, self empowerment, 2nd chakra
Mugwort: Astral projection, strength, psychic powers, protection, prophetic dreams, healing, divination, rub fresh herb on crystal balls and magick mirrors to increase their strength, pick on full moon night, clairvoyance, purification, sex, renewal, fertility, clearing, sleep, visions, opens one to the teachings of the subconscious and unconscious self, 6th and 7th chakras
Mulberry: Protection, strength
Mullein: Exorcism, health, protection, courage, love divination, calling spirits, dreams, opens life energy flow through the body
Persimmon: Healing, luck, changing sex, insight into others
Petitgrain: Protection
Pilot Weed: Protection
Pimento: Love
Pimpernel: Protection, health
Pine: (TOXIC) Protection, exorcism, money, healing, fertility, brush outdoor ritual area with a branch to purify and sanctify, burn for cleansing, needles in money spells, spirituality, gambling, dreams, cleansing, banishing, purification, prosperity, employment, birth, rebirth, strength, life and immortality
Rowan: Protection, success, psychic powers, healing, power, wands and amulets for knowledge, incense of leaves and berries for divination, fires to call upon spirits for help, grow for protection of the home, inspiration, wisdom, enhances magic, attracts faeries
Rue: Exorcism, protection, purification, break hexes, health, mental clarity, healing, blessing, consecration, use in altar oil, love, money and wealth, gossip management
St. John's Wort: (TOXIC) Exorcism, protection, courage, strength, happiness, health, love divination, burn at Litha to send away negativity, wear for invincibility, willpower, gathered at Litha, power, stress management
Star Anise: Psychic powers, luck, good fortune, spiritual powers
Stephanotis: Lust
Stillengia: Psychic powers
Straw: Luck, attracts fairies, do not burn magik infused straw, it will bring ill-fortune, used as an image to protect an area, image magick, fertility
Strawberry: Love, luck, joy, broken heart
Sugar Cane: Love, lust, prosperity, sympathy
Sumbul: Psychic powers, love, luck, health
Summer Savory: Mental clarity and strength, mental powers
Woodruff: Protection, money, victory, add to Beltane wine to clear away barriers, success, changes, psychic awareness, prosperity
Wormwood: (CAUTION: POISONOUS, BURN IN WELL VENTILATED AREA, PREFERABLY OUTDOORS TOXIC) Exorcism, protection, love, psychic powers, calling spirits, protection while traveling, evocation, divination, scrying (stronger when combined with Mugwort) at Samhain, sacred to the moon, good luck, clairvoyance, divination, safety in cars
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Yarrow: Hhealing, divination, exorcism, protection, courage, love, psychic powers, happy marriage (wedding bouquet), wards negativity, defense, protection, gather at Litha, happiness, fidelity, broken heart, prophetic dreams, spirit of south, clears, stimulates movement
Get a protective plant, get a plant that has thorns or spikes, get a plant that represents protection in general (like rosemary, African Violets, Lavender, Basil etc.) and on the first of every month, hold a ritual where you water it, give it offerings of fruits, cakes, wine or blessed water - so that it can protect your home for the coming month. If it dies, or a leaf or section of it dies, that means it prevented something from coming in. You know what you do? You thank the plant, pinch that part off and go and burn it outside of your house (that plant spent its life keeping some bad stuff out your house and now you're going to bring it in) or bury it somewhere off your property. Give thanks again by blessed water. Say a charm while watering it in the beginning of every month, and then every other day just water it normally wit thanks. There you go, green witchcraft sorted.
Upon first venturing into my role as a witch, there was a huge, huge emphasis in the community to connect to a spirit guide. They were meant to watch you and aid you as you continued your journey into the craft.
(The above gif depicts a black cat sitting infront of a dollhouse. In the background is an open window with wind blowing through white curtains)
So what is a spirit guide? There is no general consensus as to what their “species” is. Some have called them guardian angels, a spirit that was once a living person or being, and even a being who is neither human nor animal.
They could be an individual from your past life who knew your soul, or a spirit you didn’t even know.
The main idea though is that your guide is here to help you advance in your craft, and walk beside you as you continue this journey. They are your teacher and your friend.
What do they do? As stated above, they walk with us in our path.
According to the common belief, we all have spirit guides assigned to us. Some of us have one, or two, or even multiple. They are especially helpful for protection when you are interacting with other spirits of delving into spirit work. Consider them your liaison to the spiritual plane.
They are also your teachers. By interacting with them and including them in our practice, things that we hadn’t been aware of may be revealed to us as they see fit. They may present things to you in your life in a calculated way to ensure that you are practicing things in a safe way.
How do you contact them? Because a spirit guide is a spirit, you can use all regular means of contacting spirits to speak to them. Just ensure that when you do, you use the proper protection.
That said, there are preferred ways (imo) that you should interact with them.
Meditation: Meditation will always be the safest way to interact with a spirit, and with a spirit guide, you can do it on your own terms with your own tools. That said, sitting in your bed and waiting for a spirit to talk to you for hours is not appealing. That said, you may consider doing guided meditation specifically for the purpose of reaching out to spirit guides.
Tarot: Tarot is always good for getting life advice. Therefore, use your deck in order to channel your spirit guide. Because they are your guides, and are always wanting to help you, using the imagery and meaning behind tarot can be helpful.
Other notes:
They are different than other spirits, in that your relationship with them doesn’t necesarily require an offering. The belief is that they are spirits assigned to you from the universe, the source, God, or what have you, and their goal is to take the information they learned in their life and help you in your life.
They can be animals, but they are NOT spirit animals. Spirit animals are beings that belong to certain indigenous tribes. Spirit guides are spiritual beings of any species, shape, and form that are here to guide you as you practice your craft.
Call on them. They are here to help you and guide you, and often times we don’t even know of their existence. Your spirit guide can and will help you, you just need to reach out.
A little bit worried that witchtok sucked up the life of witch tumblr, so please reblog if you’re an active/practicing witch on tumblr as of July 12, 2021!
Please be POC/LBGT inclusive!!!
Sidenote: I am a beginner closet witch looking to find my path, interested in norse/celtic/hellenic pantheons. But all are welcome and the more folks I can follow, the more knowledge I can gain, and the more people I can meet!
So, today is a full moon and I decided to celebrate! So, I found moon cookies recipes, adapted them to my needs and just baked them: they are delicious!
Ingredients
1 and ¼ cup of flour;
¼ cup of confectioner’s sugar (I’m pretty sure it works with regular sugar too);
¼ cup of butter (I used 2 to 3 additional teaspoons to get a good batter, see what works for you);
1 egg yolk (keep the rest of the egg on a small container on the fridge, you never know when you’ll need it);
OPTIONAL: 1 cup of grated almonds/walnuts;
How to do it?
Mix the flour + sugar + butter + egg yolk;
The batter should be smooth and consistent. You should be able to roll it in a ball;
On a container, put the batter, cover it up with something and keep it in the fridge until chilled. I sipped some tea and waited around 20min, I think;
Take it off the fridge and shape it in little moons. I opened half on my sink surface and cutted with a round glass, but by the end I just took pieces of the batter and shaped in little full moons, as you can see in the picture;
Cover baking tray with butter (take a few napkins, drizzle butter on it and spread on the baking tray) and place the cookies on it;
160°C, 20min and BAM! MOON COOKIES!
(You can tell they’re ready when the edges start to turn brownish and they “fluffed up” a little);
Shake sugar on top! I used vanilla flavoured sugar ;)
Witchy Adds
I added a few witchy things to set my intentions. On the ones in the picture I used:
Take a look at herbs/ingredients correspondence and get creative! There are so many things and combinations that can go well with these cookies, so just have fun!
Another reminder!
Pour good intentions, love and good vibes while cooking! I always have some music around and dance on the kitchen tiles to make it fun and enjoyable! Ask the moon to pour her energy on your festive cookies and make it your day (or night)!
Where to start? This is the most common question i receive. I understand how overwhelming the craft can be! There are so many different components, and you can rest knowing your education will NEVER be complete. You will continue to learn new things all the time, and there is no rush to the order in which you learn! Cool down, and take some time to really fall into theory before jumping into practice. Its very important to read as much as you can, from as many sources as possible. Here are some of the many things you can research:
Crystals & their uses
Color correspondences
Different kinds of Magic
Different kinds of witches
Tools
Moon Phases
Planets/Celestial Bodies
Witch History
Herbs & their uses
Plants that are naturally abundant in your area that you can use in magick
Energy
Meditation and Visualisation
Astral Projection
Deities
Tarot cards and other forms of divination
Symbols (runes, sigils)
Theban alphabet
Incense and Oils
Animals and what they represent
Sabbats
Cleansing, charging and consecration of tools
making mundane things magical
There are so many more things, so feel free to add in anything I missed or that you personally find important.
Witchlings, please ask me any questions you may have as i am happy to answer to the best of my knowledge. I will be putting up more educational posts over the next few weeks, so please ask or message me if theres anything specific you’d like me to cover. I’ll more than likely have a post for each of the bullet points above.
I developed this spread first for my own use, in an effort to let me communicate with my spirit guide when I was not able to find the peace I needed for proper meditation, and could not reach them through dream. This deck can be used to communicate with your spirit guide (or animal familiar), or to try and meet them for the first time.
1. The Head. This card represents your Spirit Guide. If you have not met them, it can hold insight into what form they might appear to you.
2. The Hand. What they hold highly. This card represents qualities or attributes your spirit guide consider of great importance at this time.
3. The Fist. What they disregard. This card represents an issue you may be paying too much mind to, or something your spirit guide wants you to ignore.
4. The Heart. What is inside you. A hidden strength your spirit guide applauds, and wants you to focus on fostering at this time. If reversed this can indicate a festering issue your spirit guide is concerned may be harming you.
5. The Heels. A last word. This card represents any last pressing messages or warnings your spirit guide may have for you.
I hope this spread assists those of you who, like me, struggle in forming spirit connections in a busy, mundane, world. If you try this spread and like it, please consider liking this post, as a vote for the #Craftaspread challenge.
(p.s this is a sideblog, mainblog blithebereavement.tumblr.com for contest reasons)
I see a lot of people sad on my dash, and it’s okay for me to be sad, but I don’t like seeing others sad so here is a baby deer sleeping in a patch of spinach.
This is an enchantment spell I wrote a while ago for that lil extra protection boost. I’ve done this spell three times, for three different people (including myself), and it’s worked every time. This spell is especially good for baby witches and closet witches. Keep in mind that this isn’t a super strong spell, it’s kind of like the first piece of armour you buy in a video game. Although it’s not particularly powerful, it’s definitely one of my favourite charms - I like to take it with me when I go travelling, or when I stay the night at someone’s house, so that if I start sensing negative energies I can wear it and have some instant protection magic happening! (note: i have included extra steps for wiccans - just ignore them if you’re not wiccan; although obviously, wiccans are fully-welcome to use the non-wiccan method if they wish to do so)
⛥ gather: black pepper (protection, inner strength, warding), whole cloves (protection, curse-breaking), salt (protection), any protective crystal (e.g. snowflake obsidian, fire agate, black tourmaline, etc; this item is optional), a small bowl, a necklace* to enchant
⛥ cast a circle, if you wish to (totally optional)
⛥ if you’re wiccan, call upon the god and goddess, and give them an offering (e.g. seeds, bread, fresh juice) and ask for them to assist you with this spell
⛥ mix the pepper, cloves and salt together in a bowl - the person who will be wearing the amulet should stir using their finger (on their dominant hand) to mix in their energies
⛥ next, the person who will be wearing the amulet should bury the necklace in the mixture
⛥ wave your hand over the bowl once, anti-clockwise, and say:
wiccan version
i ask the God and the Goddess,
the all-father and all-mother,
to bless this necklace, so that
the wearer, (say name), may be
protected from ill & injury.
witch version
by cleansing salt and earth-grown herb,
beware, destructive beings of woe!
you are kept from (wearer’s name),
by this object’s midnight glow
⛥ wave your hand over the bowl once, clockwise, to seal the spell
⛥ (wiccans, thank the god & goddess and dismiss them)
⛥ you can now remove the amulet from the bowl, and dispose of the herbs/salt inside (keeping the crystal, obviously)
*it should be noted that any other piece of jewelry can be used: a ring, a bracelet, earrings, a brooch, etc.
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